Ryan Cousins

● Established art direction and shipped across 8+ major platforms (PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iOS, Android, Oculus, and PC). ● Managed Art Department growth during company scale from 6 to 300+ employees. ● Led, directed, and built from the ground up a 20+ member Art Department. ● Art directed and shipped 16+ first-party games beloved by 150+ million people. ● Defined high-level product strategy and multi-quarter roadmaps fueling revenue growth. ● Developed marketing strategy, key art, trailers, and platform featuring for Apple, Google, PlayStation, Microsoft, Nintendo, and Meta. ● Integrated brand partnerships with Paramount, Mattel, Bungie, NFL, and PUMA. ● Implemented efficient outsourcing systems, managing contracts, cost analysis, and execution resulting in a 220% increase in production capacity. ● Drove and planned a continuous weekly ship across 8+ platforms. ● Designed art pipelines, set quality standards, and documented processes. ● Pioneered technical/artistic solutions for character and rendering tech. ● Provided critical feedback and mentorship to drive artists' career growth. ● Defined and improved company-wide interview processes and hiring standards.

● Collaborated directly with the Director to establish visual targets and lighting direction for the BAFTA-winning title That Dragon, Cancer. ● Managed the technical execution of the 3D pipeline, lighting, scene optimization, and character rigging, animation, ensuring high-fidelity results within engine constraints.

● Developed and maintained 50+ robust, animator-friendly character rigs. ● Designed and rigged main characters for three new television series. ● Adapted to art direction and management styles across many productions. ● Collaborated with Animators and Modelers to exceed pipeline standards.

● Delivered cinematic and mocap assets for the award winning game Bioshock. ● Hand key character animation with lip sync and facial animation.

● Coordinated 21 Cinematics (over 300 shots) utilizing a five member team. ● Optimized and delivered high quality renders under strict deadlines. ● Responsible for lighting, rendering, compositing, animation, VFX, and layout.

● Worked on cinematics on upcoming next gen games. Wide range of responsibilities include lighting, 3D layout, rendering and compositing, animation, and particles/dynamics.

● Tutored animation students and instructed classes in all aspects of 3D